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I think the Mersey is at its highest level since it broke its record last February: That was at 0845, it rose another 28cm after that at the measuring station in Nothenden. I did actually see a bit of sun on my ride to work, it was certainly a lot nicer than Tuesday when it rained all the way, and on the way home again.
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Worldwide Mountain & Snow Sports Discussion 2022/23
alr1970 replied to J10's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Yeah, today was our last day, by staying above 2000m all day we managed to miss the hardest ice, but everywhere is very hard. Snow coming on Sunday, lots of it. -
Worldwide Mountain & Snow Sports Discussion 2022/23
alr1970 replied to J10's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
I'm in the Three Valleys this week and must pistes are open, thanks to altitude, the pre-Xmas snowfall and extensive snowmaking. But last night was the first since we arrived on Saturday that the temp has gone below freezing at 1850m where we're staying in Mottaret. There's extensive ice and very hard snow where the surface has softened during the day. Big piles of slush are the order of the afternoon anywhere down low. But this isn't all that unusual for very early in the season, I've skied in rain at this time of year at this altitude, at least it's not like that! -
It's just down to geography. The sheer size of the North American continent is perfect for generating huge pools of cold air, which spill south and crash into moisture from the GoM. Result is big storms with huge snow potential. In Eurasia the moisture of the Indian Ocean is blocked by the Himalayas so the same thing doesn't happen. And here on the edge of the Atlantic the cold air just isn't there at the same level so we miss out.
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Reminds me of a Christmas do where they renteed one of the party boats out of Manchester. It was supposed to go down the Bridgewater and through the lock to the Ship Canal, thence to Salford Quays. But it was dead cold and snowing, and once we reached the lock they discovered the gates were frozen shut, so they just took us back to Castlefield. One workmate slipped on ice when drunk and gashed his head, turned up on Monday with stitches, and I was too ill with some virus to drink any of the free booze. What a night!